Happy last work day before Christmas!  Also known as the best morning commute day of the year!  This is one annual event that I always look forward to.  I went from the driveway to a spot in the parking garage in 42:42.  That might be a record for a commute from Methuen. The overall record is 39 minutes and change, but that was from Tewksbury… I think.

My group at work does a yankee swap each year on the last business day before Christmas.  For the second time in seven years I managed to leave the house without my yankee swap gift.  Fortunately this time it was a kid morning and I just stopped at the house on the way back South from dropping them off.  That allowed me to set the timer in the car as I was leaving the driveway.

HoHoHo!

I got some wrapping done today.  A nice chunk of the gifts that were still unwrapped have been wrapped… but there is so much more to do.

I’m on second shift tonight and while I loathe having nights where I am stuck on second shift I did put most of the time to good use.  Now, however, it’s getting near the time when I have to start thinking about going in to work.

The good news (as far as second shifts are concerned) is that tonight should be the last one I ever have to do.  The permanent second shift staff will officially be up and running starting on January 1st.

Thanks goodness.